User:FraDany/List of my number-one albums of the 2000s

The Albums Chart is a weekly record chart based on album sales from Sunday to Saturday; during the 2000s, a total of 64 albums reached number one. The most successful artist of the 2000s was American singer Michael Jackson, who topped the Albums Chart for 50 weeks with seven different albums. 1 (2000) by English band The Beatles, was the biggest-selling album of 2001 and was also the biggest-selling album of the decade. The first number-one album of the 2000s was the compilation album The Greatest Hits by American singer and actress Cher – released in 1999, it first reached number one in December, and remained at the top for four consecutive weeks. The final number one of the 2000s was the reissue The Fame Monster by American singer Lady Gaga.

Number-one albums

The best-selling album of the decade was 1 (2000) by English band The Beatles which spent 18 weeks at number one.

American rapper Eminem spent 41 weeks at the top of the Albums Chart during the 2000s, the second most. He had the fifth best-selling album of the decade with The Eminem Show (2002), which is also the best-selling studio album by a male act.

American Idiot (2004) by American band Green Day was the fourth biggest-selling album of the decade; it spent 16 consecutive weeks at the top of the chart.

Canadian singer Shania Twain had the third best-selling album of the decade with Come On Over (1997), which is also the best-selling album by a female act.

American singer Michael Jackson reached number one with seven different releases and spent 50 weeks at number one, the most of any act. Number Ones (2003) is also the second best-selling album of the decade. Jackson also had the most entries in the top 20 best-selling albums chart with three.

American singer-songwriter Madonna spent 32 weeks at number one and had the most entries in the top 10 best-selling albums chart with two, the most for a female act.

Key

†	Best-selling album of the year
‡	Runner-up album of the year
	Best-selling album of the decade
	Runner-up album of the decade

Artist	Album	Weeks at number one	Issue date
2000
Santana	Supernatural †	10	23 January
NSYNC	No Strings Attached	6	2 April
Britney Spears	Oops!... I Did It Again	2	14 May
Whitney Houston	Whitney: The Greatest Hits	8	28 May
Eminem	The Marshall Mathers LP	9	23 July
Madonna	Music ‡	9	24 September
The Beatles	1 † (2001)	18	26 November
2001
ABBA	The Definitive Collection	5	1 April
Destiny's Child	Survivor	9	6 May
Alicia Keys	Songs in A Minor	7	8 July
Various artists	Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film ‡	10	26 August
Michael Jackson	Invincible	2	4 November
Britney Spears	Britney	2	18 November
Cher	Living Proof	5	2 December
2002
Anastacia	Freak of Nature	6	6 January
Shakira	Laundry Service	7	17 February
Céline Dion	A New Day Has Come	3	7 April
Pink	Missundaztood	6	28 April
Eminem	The Eminem Show †	17	9 June
Elvis Presley	ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits ‡	7	6 October
Elton John	Greatest Hits 1970–2002	6	24 November
2003
Avril Lavigne	Let Go	7	5 January
Christina Aguilera	Stripped	7	23 February
Cher	The Very Best of Cher ‡	11	13 April
Evanescence	Fallen	10	29 June
Beyoncé	Dangerously in Love	9	7 September
Britney Spears	In the Zone	3	9 November
Michael Jackson	Number Ones †	17	30 November
2004
George Michael	Patience ‡	10	28 March
Avril Lavigne	Under My Skin	5	6 June
Scissor Sisters	Scissor Sisters	7	11 July
Maroon 5	Songs About Jane	5	29 August
Green Day	American Idiot †	11	3 October
Kylie Minogue	Ultimate Kylie	5	19 December
2005
Gwen Stefani	Love. Angel. Music. Baby. †	13	23 January
Mariah Carey	The Emancipation of Mimi	8	24 April
Coldplay	X&Y	6	19 June
Michael Jackson	The Essential Michael Jackson	8	31 July
James Blunt	Back to Bedlam	8	25 September
Madonna	Confessions on a Dance Floor ‡	4	20 November
Eminem	Curtain Call: The Hits	11	18 December
2006
High School Musical cast	High School Musical	6	5 March
Pink	I'm Not Dead ‡	9	16 April
Nelly Furtado	Loose †	12	18 June
Beyoncé	B'Day	2	10 September
Justin Timberlake	FutureSex/LoveSounds	9	24 September
George Michael	Twenty Five	6	26 November
2007
Amy Winehouse	Back to Black	9	7 January
Mika	Life in Cartoon Motion †	13	11 March
Rihanna	Good Girl Gone Bad ‡	12	10 June
High School Musical cast	High School Musical 2	9	2 September
Britney Spears	Blackout	3	4 November
Led Zeppelin	Mothership	12	25 November
2008
Michael Jackson	Thriller 25	2	17 February
Adele	19	8	2 March
Madonna	Hard Candy	8	27 April
Coldplay	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends	7	22 June
Mamma Mia! film cast	Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack †	12	10 August
Pink	Funhouse	3	2 November
Beyoncé	I Am... Sasha Fierce ‡	9	23 November
2009
Katy Perry	One of the Boys	6	25 January
U2	No Line on the Horizon	3	8 March
Lady Gaga	The Fame †	14	29 March
Michael Jackson	King of Pop ‡	12	5 July
Madonna	Celebration	6	27 September
Michael Jackson	Michael Jackson's This Is It	3	8 November
Lady Gaga	The Fame Monster	7	29 November

Albums with the most weeks at number one

The following albums spent at least sixteen weeks at number one during the 2000s.

Artist	Album	Weeks at number one
The Beatles	1	18
Michael Jackson	Number Ones
Eminem	The Eminem Show	17
Nelly Furtado	Loose

By artist

The following artists spent at least forty weeks at number one during the 2000s.

Artist	Number-one albums	Weeks at number one
Eminem	4	41
Michael Jackson	7	50

Best-selling albums

No.	Album	Artist	Year	Weeks at number one
1	1	The Beatles	2000	18
2	Number Ones	Michael Jackson	2003	18
3	Come On Over	Shania Twain	1997	14
4	American Idiot	Green Day	2005	16
5	The Eminem Show	Eminem	2002	17
6	Loose	Nelly Furtado	2006	16
7	Music	Madonna	2000	9
8	Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film	Various artists	2001	11
9	The Very Best of Cher	Cher	2003	10
10	Confessions on a Dancefloor	Madonna	2005	11
11	Love. Angel. Music. Baby.	Gwen Stefani	2004	11
12	ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits	Elvis Presley	2002	8
13	The Fame	Lady Gaga	2008	15
14	Fallen	Evanescence	2003	10
15	Stripped	Christina Aguilera	2002	7
16	King of Pop	Michael Jackson	2008	12
17	Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack	Mamma Mia! film cast		11
18	FutureSex/LoveSounds	Justin Timberlake	2006	11
19	Funhouse	Pink	2008	9
20	The Essential Michael Jackson	Michael Jackson	2005	8